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Hi lybrate-user! It will definitely take some time to heal, depression is some kind of emotional outburst that has occurred as a result of some kind of loss or failure. You need to try to divert your mind into something positive, or bring out your anger due to this by achieving some goals in your life, which you had a dream for. You should never ever give up in life. Life is short and so you should achieve your goals more aggressively. Fine, if you feel free to contact me either through text chat or call me when you find difficulty to manage. You can contact me through online consultation so that I could help you overcome this problem completely.

Hiiii, for improving memory power & concentration you should take fresh vegetables, healthy fats & avoid sugar and grain carbohydrates. Do regular Exercise it improve blood flow to the brain. Stop Multitasking
Do meditation at least for 10- 15 minutes daily.
Take adequate sleep at least 8-10 hours.
Play brain games daily at least for 20 minutes.
Drink at least 2.5 litres water per day.

It is absolutely normal, no worries this behaviour is because of your feel and desire which is quite common for anyone. There are people who feel like you. I suggest you to meet psychologist for more clarity.

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Hi lybrate-user! You need to change your life style completely at least to some extent to overcome this problem. You need to control your mind only then you can concentrate. You can actually undergo certain therapies to overcome this problem completely unless otherwise you volunteer to undergo treatment and counselling. If you need to consult with me online definitely you can. Take care.

In some cases, frustration can tend to be positive and can give you another perspective or view on things. It can also give you the ability to continue going further until you achieve your objective. However, there are times when you are going in circles and the dissatisfaction makes you frustrated and this frustration can cloud your mind and judgment. To avoid that from happening, there are certain approaches that will help you overcome your frustration:

Be present in the moment: When you are frustrated, you tend to think about a lot of things. This keeps the individual completely occupied with different kinds of thoughts. Even if you try to avoid it or distract yourself, you again start to remember a disappointment from your past. You need to snap out of those thoughts and calm yourself down by centring your brain and thoughts on what is presently going on around you. You can do so in the following ways:

Concentrate on relaxing: Take a seat, close your eyes and simply concentrate on the live events and concentrate on them for one to two minutes. Take quiet and marginally deeper breaths than regular and inhale with your stomach and not the chest. Concentrate on what is around you as of now. The sun sparkling in through your window, the children playing out on the road, the vehicles or the individuals passing by. Take in the details.

Try to be happy with what you have right now: After you have pulled your concentration and thoughts back to where they can be most useful, focus on what is still positive in your life. The easiest and least demanding approach to do so is to centre it on acknowledging what you do have in your life right now. The most unimportant of things at this point can prove to be the most beneficial. For example:

A warm home and a rooftop over your head.

Water to drink.

Getting to eat great food.

Access to the internet and other forms of technology that make life easy.

Your loved ones.

Focus on what you can do at this moment: With the amount of frustration and anger you might be feeling, it is important for you to concentrate on what you can do at the moment i.e. at present. It might involve figuring out what has been the cause for your frustration and how it can be dealt with right now or what the alternatives for it are.

Then again, you could also take your time to understand that you may have taken a lot of pressure or things have been extreme. Hence, you have to take some time or a couple of days to simply unwind, deal with yourself and maybe calm down a bit.

The concept of alternative medicine is no more a novel proposition. It is a tried and tested way of dealing with physical as well as psychological problems. The aim of “Ayurveda” is to strike a corrective balance amongst three essential kinds of energies present in the human body. Ayurveda classifies these energies as 'Vata', 'Pitta', 'Kapha”. While “Vata” deals with bodily functions related to circulation of blood or breathing, “Pitta” primarily deals with metabolism. On the other hand, Kapha is concerned with regulation of growth in the varied organs and cells of your body. Anxiety disorder is a crushing problem if left unattended; Ayurvedic care and certain significant changes in your way of life can treat the condition.

Ayurveda asks you to adhere to the following guidelines to control anxiety disorder:

Basil has wide ranging effects on your anxiety: Add basil leaves to a bowl of water and let it boil. Once the mixture cools down, drops of this juice can be poured down your nostrils. Basil is known to have calming effects on your mind. It is often advised for its ability to fight stress piling up in a human mind with every passing day. Chewing basil leaves can render the same benefits.

Add these substances to your bath water: Bathing leads to relaxation and plays a key role in controlling your anxiety. You could be anxious due to familial issues or work related matters; a bath at the end of the day soothes your mind helping you to think clearly. Using ginger and baking soda in your bath water can further relieve you from being unnecessarily anxious.

Drink your orange juice with a difference now: Orange juice, when taken in combination with honey, acts on an increased heart rate. It lowers down a person’s heart rate and also treats anxiety disorder. Oranges, as you know, are rich in vitamin C and can tackle stress by decreasing the effects of cortisol. Cortisol is better known as the stress hormone. So avoid sugar and try honey instead with your daily share of orange juice.

Add almonds and saffron to your glass of milk: The one glass of milk that you drink regularly for nutrition and calcium can be made way more nourishing by adding saffron, almonds, nutmeg powder and ginger to it. This concoction helps in curing a frazzled nervous system thus, ridding you of anxiety disorder. Milk with almonds and saffron should be spiced to maintain the myelin sheath on each nerve of your body. This fatty layer does have a very calming influence on you.

Dear lybrate-user, I appreciate your move of smoking. When you leave any of the substance immediately after a long term use, you get withdrawal symptoms. Irritability, aggression, sleep disturbance, low mood are some of the common symptoms. These will go with time. Duration depends on the amount of nicotine
you were taking. You may consult your doctor for nicotine skin patches or other nicotine replacement methods. Hope this will help.
Regards, Vibha.

Loss of interest, decreased concentration and attention, feeling low and disturbed sleep or appetite are some of the signs of depression. Consult a psychiatrist who will assess you in detail. If you are feeling suicidal or hopeless, seek professional help immediately.
Try some relaxation techniques like yoga, meditation and deep breathing. Indulge in hobbies. Spend time with people close to you.

You surely seem to be suffering from illness anxiety disorder. It needs to be treated by SSRI group of medications, combined with CBT (Cogniitve Behavior Therapy), which has not happened till now. Kidly consult a psychiatrist, who can provide them both in his setting, in liasion with a clinical psychologist. All the best.

Sabse bada Rog kya Kahenge log. You can't keep everyone happy every time. So don't bother much what people think or say .you should be polite with everyone and avoid obnoxious people .those who matter don't mind those who mind don't matter. Take care.

A very difficult situation. She needs to be given psychoeducation regarding her illness and motivated to seek treatment. Only in psychosis, like schizophrenia, people refuse treatment and not in depression. If she continues to refuse treatment, there are provisions under the mental health law which can make her take forced treatment, after getting reception orders from the magistrate, which can be obtained by the family members, by an application. All the best.

Respected Sir,
I perfectly understand what you are feeling and empathize with you completely. When it comes to our family and loved ones, no number of opinions is going to leave us entirely satisfied. However you have to understand that Depression tends to have a recurring course, in some individuals. The fact that you mentioned that she recovered within a few months of treatment leads me to believe that the diagnosis and treatment of the psychiatrist you consulted initially was accurate and spot on. Usually in treatment of 1st episode depression treatment needs to be continued for 9-12 months. If not, the chances of recurrence are very high. Even if you complete the entire duration of treatment which I doubt you did, there is a small chance of recurrence. Moreover in most cases, patients usually want to continue treatment with the same psychiatrist to whom they have opened up their innermost thoughts and feelings. Hence, I would advise you to discuss with the patient and then decide together regarding continuing treatment with the same psychiatrist but the change of psychiatrist is unlikely to bring about a change in the recurring course of depression if treatment is not continued regularly.

Whether you want to control this with medications or medidation is your choice. But surely there other wonderful medicines to control this stream of thoughs, anxiety and negative cognition. More apt approach would be revision of medications combined with CBT (Cognitive BEhavior Therapy). All the best.

Respected Madam,
At your tender age, "crushes" are going to come as often as exams and both of them are going to cause a lot of unnecessary stress. Usually a "crush" tends to be associated with a much lesser amount of emotions than "love" and hence is easier to get over. In you friend's case, as your exams are fast approaching, I would be inclined to side with her parents at present, as "crushes" can be highly distracting and have a catastrophic effect on your studies. I would ask your friend to try and concentrate on her studies for now, and to take up the matter once you are done with your exams. This is much easier said than done but like you said, if its only a "crush" she should be able to do it. On the other hand, if he feelings are much more deep-rooted than a "crush" its going to be a lot more difficult and might even need professional help. If that is the case then it would be better to communicate her feelings with to her parents and tell them what she wants but 1st she has to figure out what she wants and nobody, including parents, friends or therapists can help her do that. Take Care and All the Best for your Exams.

Loss of interest, decreased concentration and attention, feeling low and disturbed sleep or appetite are some of the signs of depression. Consult a psychiatrist who will assess you in detail. If you are feeling suicidal or hopeless, seek professional help immediately.
Try some relaxation techniques like yoga, meditation and deep breathing. Indulge in hobbies. Spend time with people close to you.

Nicotine gums can help reduce withdrawal when you slowly want to give up smoking. There are medicines which reduce craving per se. You can consult a psychiatrist, get evalauted and get the same. All the best.

Hello lybrate-user, The way you have written about your problems depicts your distressing situation. Anxiety disorders can be of many times. It can occur with dizziness, shaking of whole body, palpitation, worry, apprehension, dry mouth and throat, breathlessness etc. It can occur on a daily basis or can occur at specific times either due to any trigger or without it. In panic attacks there occurs sudden onset of severe mounting anxiety with the symptoms mentioned early along with a choking sensation and feeling of impending death/doom/'having a heart attack' type situation that lasts for few mins and then dissappears. You need to visit a psychiatrist and get some blood tests done (thyroid profile particularly) along with a ECG to look for any cardiac problem that you may or may not be having. The medicines that you were on were good to control your symptoms but I feel they were either not taken adequately by you or otherwise. Please consult your psychiatrist again. You can contact me over phone. My number is given in the website.

Dear Lybrate user, Death anxiety is the morbid, abnormal, or persistent fear of one's own mortality. It is also referred to as thanatophobia (fear of death), and is distinguished from necrophobia, which is a specific fear of dead or dying persons and/or things (i.e. Others who are dead or dying, not one's own death or dying). This is an anxiety disorder. Anxiety disorders are a category of mental disorders characterized by feelings of anxiety and fear, where anxiety is a worry about future events and fear is a reaction to current events. These feelings may cause physical symptoms, such as a racing heart and shakiness. There are a number of anxiety disorders: including generalized anxiety disorder, a specific phobia, social anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, agoraphobia, and panic disorder among others. While each has its own characteristics and symptoms, they all include symptoms of anxiety. I need to know more about your anxiety so that I will be able to diagnose it properly and provide you tips to overcome and manage your anxiety. Take care.